---
type: "Bill"
title: "Short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction goals: local jurisdiction assistance."
description: "Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board, no later than January 1, 2018, to approve and begin implementing a short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030. Existing law requires that the methane emissions reduction goals include a 50% reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and a 75% reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "California SB 45 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction goals: local jurisdiction assistance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2022-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e37998ec-6b74-4310-8a6e-08c2ff16aaf6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB45"
source_hash: "5adf588e29b63271809f96d0c5b1eeaa75493cd2acdc1961c80efe0c4ad3fdb7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 45 (20212022) — Short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction goals: local jurisdiction assistance.

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board, no later than January 1, 2018, to approve and begin implementing a short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030. Existing law requires that the methane emissions reduction goals include a 50% reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and a 75% reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB45&version=20210SB4599INT)
2. **01/03/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB45&version=20210SB4597AMD)
3. **04/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB45&version=20210SB4598AMD)
4. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB45&version=20210SB4596AMD)
5. **09/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB45&version=20210SB4594CHP)
6. **SB45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB45)
7. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB45&version=20210SB4595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB45 Portantino Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 45 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Gabriel — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-12-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W., GOV. & F., and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Referral to Com. on E.Q. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
- **2021-02-17** Set for hearing March 16.
- **2021-03-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 518.) (March 16). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2021-03-24** April 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-04-06** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2021-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 814.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2021-05-04** May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1180.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Portantino.
- **2022-01-03** From inactive file.
- **2022-01-03** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-01-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** Set for hearing January 10.
- **2022-01-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2740.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Set for hearing January 18.
- **2022-01-18** January 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-01-19** Set for hearing January 20.
- **2022-01-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2794.) (January 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2804.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5276.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 445, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e37998ec-6b74-4310-8a6e-08c2ff16aaf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).